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Daven Naghen, in mitigation, said there was a dispute about what the argument was about but Virgo had no intention of committing suicide and just used the knife on himself to get her to explain calls recorded on her mobile phone.

He said it had not been reported to the police until June 2 and although he admitted pushing her in the heat of the moment, he denied putting his hands around her throat.

He said the second incident occurred when he jumped in front of a friend's car who he believed had been making a lot of calls to Ms Hancox' phone.